Hello Matt,

 LL>> Republican Math -

 LL>> Rich People + More Money = Jobs

 LL>> According to perennial loser Mitt Romney, what this country needs are
 LL>> more Job Creators.  Jobs Creators such as himself.  Unfortunately,
 LL>> American voters are not very good at math, preferring to listen to a
 LL>> motivational speaker rather than doing their homework...

MM>I can agree with you entirely even if Romney was president
MM>jobs WOULD NOT be created.

Oh, he would have created jobs.  A war in Syria would have done
that.  A war in Iran would also have done that.  Wars in both
Syria and in Iran, as well as staying in Afghanistan, would have
provided lots of jobs.  Of course, it would also have created
lots of dead American soldiers.  Not to mention dead Syrians,
dead Iranians, and dead Afghans.  But that's beside the point.

Oh.  You mean civilian jobs.  Now I understand.

Buglers will be in great demand.

MM>I think i would like to see a capital gains tax cut if you keep
MM>someone at 250% above the poverty level employed for over a year.

Isn't the United States already a low-tax country?  Yes it is.
For both individuals and for corporations.  It's true no matter
how you look at it, or how you comapare the US to other countries
or with the US of the past.

As individuals, we pay much less than we once did.
Corporations pay much less than they once did.
We (individuals and corporations) also pay much
less than in most other countries.

We need lower taxes like we need a hole in the head.
Especially corporations.

Conservatives lie through their teeth in an effort to make Americans
believe a falsehood, saying or suggesting that our budget deficits are
nothing more than a mere "spending problem" -

"We don't have this problem because we tax too little.  We have
it because we spent too much."
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Oh, my.  The lies they do tell.  It may be a popular talking point,
but the plain truth of the matter is that it simply is not true.
Deficits do not spring from spending levels alone, but rather are
the result of a mismatch between spending and revenue.  That is
what those conservatives do not want to tell you, or for you to
find out about.

When revenue is as low as it is today, guess what happens?
WE END UP WITH BIG DEFICITS.

Look at the election results.  Look at how many folks bought Mitt
Romney's snake oil.  His sales pitch was that he was going to give
everybody a $5 trillion tax cut, and also increase military spending
by $2 trillion.  All without raising taxes.

Cutting taxes does not raise revenue.  Increased spending on
the military does not raise revenue.  And there are not enough
loopholes that can be eliminated in order to even make up the
difference that Mitt Romney cited ($7 trillion).

And you want to bring down the deficit by lowering or eliminating
the capital gains tax???

The clear truth is that federal taxes in the USA are very low.
So low, in fact, that taxes today are even lower than they were
under President Ronald Reagan.

So, if you are a conservative, and you liked President Ronald
Reagan, you must truly *love* President Barack Obama.

--Lee

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